There is some debate among historians about where the Slavs originated. Many believe that they were early farmers who cultivated the fertile lands around the Black Sea. Others believe that they came from present day eastern Poland.

By 500 A.D., the Slavs had separated into three main groups. Each of these three groups shared a similar set of beliefs and a similar lifestyle.

Wisdom too often never comes, and so one ought not to reject it merely because it comes late.

Felix Frankfurter

In 1877 on December 6th, Thomas Edison made the first sound recording on his phonograph machine.